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Samsung today unveiled a new range of cell phones called the Samsung Shark. These handset are designed to bring a range of functions to users including social media and multimedia functions.

There are three models in the Samsung Shark range including the Samsung Shark S5350, the Samsung Shark S5550 and the Samsung Shark S3550.

The Samsung Shark S5350 is an 11.9-inch thick candybar cell phone with a QVGA display, HSDPA, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, and a built-in 100MB of storage space. continue reading…

Samsung’s Wibro-capable SPH-M8400 smartphone is now available in South Korea via KT.

The phone runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 OS and has a 3.7-inch touchscreen Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) display with a 800 x 480 resolution.

Additional features include a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera, T-DBM digital mobile TV, WiFi, and Bluetooth.

Sony Ericsson New Xperia X10 is new smartphone features a 4-inch touchscreen capacitive display with WVGA (800×480) resolution, an 8-megapixel shooter with Autofocus, LED flash, image stabilizers, smile and face detection, Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi b/g.

Additional features include aGPS, Android 2.0 with Custom user interface, and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor.

The new Wireless USB Digital microscope from ThinkGeek that uses a 2.4GHz wireless frequency with a switch on the cradle/wireless receiver for choosing one of 4 channels. The microscope is able to magnify the object from 10x to 200x and comes equipped with 8 white LEDs around the lens for added illumination. Other features include a built-in Li-ion battery that can be recharged using its cradle. You can purchase the Wireless USB Digital Microscope for $139.99 each.

Pop into Pizza Hut now and you’ll also enjoy free wireless Internet service with your food and drinks.

The restaurant chain has partnered with Telekom Malaysia Bhd to provide its patrons with the hospot Web access.

Wireless Internet is available at 163 Pizza Hut outlets in the country, which operate from 11am to 11pm daily.

At the outlets, patrons have a choice of wireless service — Streamyx Zone or Pizza Hut WiFi.

Patrons with a Streamyx Zone password can log on and surf at speeds of up to 384Kbps (kilobits pers second).

Those who opt for Pizza Hut WiFi will need to view a 30-second TV commercial before they can connect to the Internet. Also, the speed is capped at 128Kbps.

Pizza Hut expects that the additional service will attract even more youths to its restaurants and help it stay ahead of competitors.

The Nokia CORE cellphone is a concept inspired by the futurism graphics of Star Wars. Designed around its interface, which resembles a solar system where all functions revolve around the core, the shape of the phone is derived from the interface core and is expanded around it. Developed under the ease of usage concept, thus it is made with a soft touch filled concavity on each side so it can be easily grabbed and used. For the unique functionality the phone when put facing down on a surface, automatically transfers the interface and content to the screen of the nearest computer via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Having done this, the phone then acts as a mouse-like device to control its own interface on the computer screen.

The BlackBerry Storm2 9550 finally delivers on the original Storm 9530’s promise. It’s a powerful device with an innovative click screen that really works—and it feels finished instead of like an engineering prototype. Having said that, the Storm 9550 is now a proper version of last year’s groundbreaking smartphone. Is that good enough for an Editors’ Choice award, given all that’s happened in the wireless industry in the past year? It’s a tough call, but we have to say no because of its unimpressive Web browsing and underpowered camera.

Wireless magnetic induction charging is, after several years’ promise, finally on the market. Now you can charge your iPhone, BlackBerry and other hand-held devices by placing them on a pad from Powermat — without any wired connection.
With Powermat, you can charge up to three devices simply by laying them down on the special pad. When they’re in the right place, a pleasing tone sounds and you feel a slight magnetic tug.
To get the pad to transfer power to the batteries, each device needs a special sensor. With a BlackBerry, you replace the standard battery cover with a Powermat version.
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